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WRI 215 - Technical Writing and Documentation

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Course Description

Learn to effectively communicate information to your audience by applying relevant concepts and tools to help you make sense of various writing tasks. Develop your ability to analyze written information and use structure to reinforce its meaning and make the message clear. Produce writing samples based on documents including reports, policies and procedures, proposals, summaries, manuals, and user guides. Learn through study, practice, peer and instructor feedback, and assignments.

Course Details

Broad Learning Outcome

In this class, students will explore how purpose, audience, form and style are important elements of writing. Being attentive to each element helps in communicating effectively. The focus will be on practicing writing skills that relate to the most common forms of documentation, including proposals, reports, specifications, manuals and other forms of technical communication.

Supporting Learning Outcome Statements

By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:

Identify audience and purpose

Apply appropriate technical writing style and form to a variety of audiences with varying purposes

Write effective common persuasive and informative technical documents

Recognize how style and form inform and influence the effectiveness of a written technical document

Prerequisites

Completion of WRI 220 Document Design is recommended prior to taking this course.

You may not register online for this course until you have successfully completed Learning Online or have a Learning Online Prerequisite Waiver in your profile. You may enrol in this course by telephone if you are enrolled in a section of BMC 352 that will be completed before this course begins.

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Flat Fee

5% Bundle Discount

Code

5% Bundle Discount (DC0048)

Description

5% discount for registering in three or more certificate courses at the same time. The three courses must be from the same certificate program.

Applicable to courses within the following certificates: Adult Learning, Teaching Second Languages, Writing and Visual Design (Art, Interior Design, Landscape Design and Photography). Note: BMC 352 Learning Online is not eligible for the discount.

To take advantage of the 5% discount, please contact Continuing Education at 403-220-2866 to be directed to the appropriate Program Area for assistance with registration.

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5.00%

Cara Violini, BEd, MA, MFA

Cara Violini is currently working on her MFA thesis (UBC), a YA novel called Sidewinder. She also has an MA in Literary Studies, a Bachelor of Education, a BA in English, and received the University of Calgary’s Certificate in Creative Writing. Cara reads for Arc Poetry Magazine and was on the prose board for Prism International. For ten years she taught high school English and most recently taught composition at Athabasca University. Cara writes fiction, poetry and screenplays. Her short story “The Embrace” was published in FreeFall Magazine.

Flat Fee

Cara Violini, BEd, MA, MFA

Cara Violini is currently working on her MFA thesis (UBC), a YA novel called Sidewinder. She also has an MA in Literary Studies, a Bachelor of Education, a BA in English, and received the University of Calgary’s Certificate in Creative Writing. Cara reads for Arc Poetry Magazine and was on the prose board for Prism International. For ten years she taught high school English and most recently taught composition at Athabasca University. Cara writes fiction, poetry and screenplays. Her short story “The Embrace” was published in FreeFall Magazine.